An Occupational Therapist (and former NCAA scholarship athlete) trying to make a small difference in the world through health promotion, maintenance and disease prevention education. This is THE BLOG for busy individuals and families who want to take steps toward health and vitality. I promise to keep all of my posts short, sweet and to the point in manageable weekly doses of health challenges, information, news and tips :)
I'm broadening to scope to include all healthy lifestyle topics!!! Being a positive person, I want to honor those who may have felt offended by the word 'obesity'. Just to clariy, to me, the word ‘obesity’ is NOT about being 'fat' or a person’s outward appearance. I've been taught that it is what's inside that counts, and this is especially true for this topic. Obesity is about what is going on INSIDE, meaning the silent disease processes that we can't see with the naked eye (ex. the clogging of arteries, adiposity accumulating around vital organs) that are taking place within the body as a result of unhealthy lifestyle choices. Without lifestyle changes, these silent diseases progress to symptomatic diseases (ex. heart attacks, strokes, diabetes) and conditions that endanger one’s health, quality of life and existence.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Short break!
In order to finish my doctorate, I have about a million projects that need to be completed in the next four weeks. Please bear with me and I promise I will be back with new ideas and challenges for the first week of May! In the meantime, go back and try to reflect on and keep incorporating the previous challenges. Use this as a reinforcement period :) Swim suit season is rapidly approaching!!
Monday, March 5, 2012
First Week of March 2012 Challenge!
I received some feedback from a few log followers who thought that a month long challenge was too much for a lot of people - SO - if you are doing it, stick with it! If NOT, I'm instituting a new WEEKLY challenge today to end on Sunday, March 11.
March 4, 2012 WEEKLY CHALLENGE:
Also, although some blog followers have sent me emails telling me that they have been participating in the challenges and are feeling like their health and wellness status is improving, no one has yet taken the bait on writing a short blog post documenting their progress. I'm leaving this offer open and will take guest posts at any time!
I'm doing well with sticking with my monthly challenge, although I did find myself eating a piece of toasted ravioli at a school gathering before I realized what I was doing - lol! I've been skipping dessert and avoiding all fried food and it FEELS GOOD :) I'm going to try and stick with this and implement the new challenge that follows:
Have a great week and see you next Sunday!
Lauren
March 4, 2012 WEEKLY CHALLENGE:
- Drink ONE glass of water before EVERY meal. This should at least fill half if not all of a regular-sized glass.
Also, although some blog followers have sent me emails telling me that they have been participating in the challenges and are feeling like their health and wellness status is improving, no one has yet taken the bait on writing a short blog post documenting their progress. I'm leaving this offer open and will take guest posts at any time!
I'm doing well with sticking with my monthly challenge, although I did find myself eating a piece of toasted ravioli at a school gathering before I realized what I was doing - lol! I've been skipping dessert and avoiding all fried food and it FEELS GOOD :) I'm going to try and stick with this and implement the new challenge that follows:
Have a great week and see you next Sunday!
Lauren
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